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Melody, who is in her 40s, lives alone in Chicago\u2019s Austin neighborhood on the West Side. With only two grocery stores in a 5-mile radius, Melody says it\u2019s hard to find fresh produce.<\/p>\n
\u201cEven if you do find it, it\u2019s not always fresh,\u201d Melody said.<\/p>\n
Then there\u2019s the safety factor.<\/p>\n
Melody, who declined to give her last name for safety reasons. doesn\u2019t always feel safe coming out of her house.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn certain areas, there\u2019s crime and predators. They stand alone and watch you. They know your schedule,\u201d Melody said. \u201cYou don\u2019t even know they are watching you.\u201d<\/p>\n
That\u2019s one of the reasons why Melody is grateful to Austin Harvest for delivering a 25-pound box of fresh produce to her house on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
\u201cGiving us this food, allows us to stay inside the house,\u201d Melody said. It\u2019s like a gift.\u201d<\/p>\n
Austin Harvest is a student-led produce market operated by By The Hand Club For Kids. It operates on the site of a former liquor store on Laramie Avenue.<\/p>\n
Austin Harvest began in 2020 as a student-led pop up to foster positive community change.<\/p>\n
Many of the students involved boxed up the produce on Tuesday for delivery to 36 seniors and home-bound residents in the Austin area.<\/p>\n
The food delivery program is made possible through a partnership with Oak Park-based Beyond Hunger.<\/p>\n
Keith Tankson, 19, is a Wilbur Wright Community College student. Tankson saw a need in the Austin community for fresh food. He and others launched Austin Harvest, a student-led produce market.<\/p>\n
<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThe need in Austin, as in all the communities we serve, is very high,\u201d says Tamiko Saami, home-delivery procurement coordinator with Beyond Hunger. Austin is a particular one because it is a food desert,\u201d Saami said. \u201cPeople just don\u2019t have access to fresh produce, and so this has become our priority.\u201d<\/p>\n In Austin, recipients receive fresh produce with a box of groceries every month. Then, two weeks later, they receive another box of fresh produce complete with apples, oranges, bananas, along with pineapple, honeydew melons, celery, lettuce, potatoes and sweet potatoes.<\/p>\n \u201cThey get a box with their regular shelf-stable groceries. There is fresh produce in that, and then two weeks later, your shelf-stable items may still be fine, but we come in with another delivery of fresh produce,\u201d Saami said. \u201cThat\u2019s to help that stretch a little bit further, but also to bring fresh produce to them.\u201d<\/p>\n Saami knows the deliveries are making a difference in the lives of many Austin residents.<\/p>\n \u201cWe did a delivery to a woman who let us know that she had lost 65 pounds since joining our program, and she attributed that to the fresh produce that we deliver,\u201d Saami said.<\/p>\n Keith Tankson is one of the Chicago Public Schools and local college students who helped fill and deliver the boxes. A resident of Austin, Tankson, 19, knows how great the need is in his neighborhood.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m glad to be doing something like this for my community. This has been a necessity. This shouldn\u2019t be a necessity in our community. … We wanted to make sure that we\u2019re providing for our community. Also, as a youth, we don\u2019t have the best light in the youth in Austin, and I want to change that perspective and rewrite the narrative here.\u201d<\/p>\n Tankson, who attends Wilbur Wright Community College, said he too has experienced not having enough fresh produce in his own home while growing up.<\/p>\n \u201cA lot of people in the Austin neighborhood don\u2019t have a vehicle because we have public transportation to get back and forth. But on a hot summer day like this, most of your stuff will probably spoil. So having this is a convenience and not having to go across town.\u201d<\/p>\n Michael Puente is a reporter and weekend anchor with WBEZ. 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